Heavy Equipment Workshop Incharge

Role overview

Workshop operations

• Manage major repairs workshop operations for crusher, readymix, and transport activities, including heavy equipment, tractor heads, trailers, generators, tankers, concrete machinery, and other vehicles.
• Oversee overhauls, major rehabilitation, reconditioning, testing, and rebuilding.
• Ensure periodic, preventive, breakdown, and reconditioning maintenance follows OEM procedures, checklists, and systems.
• Restore rehabilitated components and machinery to OEM specifications.

Resources and cost control

• Manage manpower, machines, materials, and time to maximize productivity.
• Promote repair and reconditioning over replacement where applicable.
• Compare repair costs with second-hand, reconditioned, and new components to identify cost-effective solutions.
• Control department and job costs and ensure cost-effective execution.

Quality and job management

• Conduct inspections to maintain stringent OEM work standards and minimize rework.
• Use job cards for maintenance work and ensure complete daily invoicing.
• Coordinate with operations offices and head office on maintenance, manpower, and machinery matters.
• Provide designated activity reports to management.

People and administration

• Maintain parts, items, and materials inventory through requests and coordination with purchasing and stores.
• Evaluate supervised employees and conduct performance appraisals.
• Coordinate training and skills development with the Technical Head and HR department.
• Manage departmental administration and ensure compliance with company policies and systems.
• Coordinate with administration and accounts to enter complete job data into the ERP system.
• Interview, test, and hire skilled mechanical and electrical personnel and remove non-performing staff where required.
• Manage round-the-clock activities to meet production and delivery schedules.

Workplace

• Work location is in person.

Requirements

• Engineering background suitable for heavy equipment workshop operations.
• Ability to supervise, monitor, and delegate workshop work according to priorities.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment and oversee quality assurance of completed work.
• Ability to manage manpower, machines, materials, and time for productivity.
• Ability to manage workshop costs and deliver cost-effective repair solutions.
• Ability to manage staff performance, training, and skills development.
• Ability to manage departmental administration and comply with company systems and policies.
• Ability to interview, test, hire, and manage mechanical and electrical personnel.